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TEACHER VOICE: College students who lack basic skills can learn to love reading and writing

The Hechinger Report

I taught basic English writing at two community colleges in New Mexico before I retired in 2019. Richard Leon Linfield has taught English, philosophy, world religions and film studies at nine colleges and universities, including the College of Santa Fe and Central New Mexico Community College. In 2017 New Mexico had an 83.5

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

John Lee: currently an Asian American Studies, World Religions, Civics and Modern World History teacher at Niles West High School in Skokie, Ilinois. Why Our Stories Need to Be Heard My first, second and third grade teacher, Mrs. Andrea Gray, in my history classroom in 2019. This is his third year in the profession.